Boolos on the justification of set theory

Journal article

George Boolos has argued that the iterative conception of set justifies most, but not all, the ZFC axioms, and that a second conception of set, the Frege-von Neumann conception (FN), justifies the remaining axioms. This article challenges Boolos's claim that FN does better than the iterative conception at justifying the axioms in question. © 2007 Oxford University Press.

Authors: Paseau, A

• Journal: Philosophia Mathematica
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 30-53
• Publication date: 2007-02-01
• DOI: 10.1093/philmat/nkl017
• EISSN: 1744-6406
• ISSN: 0031-8019
• Language: English